22 Government Gazette 25 August 2016 Act No. 8, 2016 (b) 6105 BUSINESS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AUTHORITY ACT, 2016 in section 3 by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1) For the purposes of this Act, the corporations are registered at the Registration Office.”; (c) by the substitution for section 4 of the following section: “Registrar The Registrar may in writing delegate any of the powers and 4. entrust any of the duties assigned to him by this Act to any staff member of BIPA.”; (d) in section 6 (i) by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1) The payment of any fee, additional fee or other money payable to the Registrar in terms of this Act shall be effected in the prescribed manner or in other manner as the Registrar may direct.”; (ii) by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection: “(4) Any fee and other money payable in terms of this Act is for the account of BIPA and any outstanding fees or other money which is due and payable are debts due to BIPA and may be recoverable by the BIPA in any competent court.”; and (e) the repeal of section 11. 2. Amendment of Companies Act, 2004 (Act No. 28 of 2004) The Companies Act, 2004 is amended (a) by the substitution for the word “Minister” of the word “Board” wherever it appears in the Act, except in sections 13, 15, 98(7), (16) and (29), 147(6), 336(1) and 452; and (b) by the substitution of the expression “Registration Office” for the expression “Companies Registration Office” wherever it appears in the Act.; (c) in section 1 (i) by the insertion after the definition of “auditor” of the following definitions: ““BIPA” means the Business and Intellectual Property Authority established by section 3 of BIPA Act; “BIPA Act” means the Business and Intellectual Property Authority Act, 2016 (Act No. 8 of 2016); “Board” means the Board of BIPA constituted under section 8 of BIPA Act;”;

Select target paragraph3

Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents